THE mother of all festivals may be done and dusted for another year but there are still plenty of events to please music fans this summer.

Following on from Kasabian, Metallica and Dolly Parton’s performances at Glastonbury last month, a host of bands, acts and DJs are gearing up to grace stages closer to home.

Creamfields UK 2014, Daresbury, Cheshire, August 22 to 24
Two day standard camping, as well as entry-only Saturday and Sunday tickets, are still available for the iconic electronic music extravaganza.
Following its fourth consecutive sell-out in 2013, the mighty Creamfields returns this August Bank Holiday weekend with a line-up including Avicii, deadmau5, Calvin Harris, Tiësto, Fatboy Slim, Armin van Buuren, Eric Prydz, Hardwell and Annie Mac.
Former Swedish House Mafia cohorts Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso will unveil their new arena, joined by the likes of Alesso, Dirty South and Otto Knows.
Steve Angello will return with his Size Matters Arena, bringing an array of talent from the Size stable including AN21, Max Vangeli and Third Party.
Visit creamfields.com for tickets and more information.

The Beat-Herder Festival, Ribble Valley, Lancashire, Friday to Sunday
The sold out Beat-Herder festival recently announced a brand new venue for this year — The Ring.
Harking back to the Ribble Valley’s ancient and mystical heritage, The Ring is a huge 100ft diameter earth ring with imposing walls and an enormous Stonehenge style entranceway.
The Ring is curated and hosted by Bombstrikes Records, Utah Saints and Sugarbeat and will feature headliners including B.Traits feat. Juma MC, A.Skillz, Adam F and Drumsound.
Other acts at this weekend’s festival include ABC, Happy Mondays, Badly Drawn Boy, Jagwar Ma, The Orb, Boney M., The Sunshine Underground, Justin Robertson, Mr. Scruff, Dub Pistols, DJ Format and Goldie Looking Chain.

Manchester Jazz Festival (MJF), various venues, Friday to Sunday, July 27
Bolton jazz star Arun Ghosh is just one of the acts on this year’s MJF record-breaking line-up.
Boasting its biggest and boldest festival programme ever — 88 bands, featuring more than 500 artists from across the UK and abroad — highlights include Adam Fairhall’s The Imaginary Delta with Jackie Kay; Memphis soul legend Booker T; Craig Charles with his Funk & Soul Club and live music from London Afrobeat Collective.
Former Bolton School pupil Arun, from Lostock, will perform the Arun Ghosh Sextet: A South Asian Suite at the Thwaites Festival Pavilion, Albert Square, at 8pm this Saturday.
The festival’s other Manchester city centre venues are Band on the Wall; Central Library; Matt & Phred's Jazz Club; Midland Hotel; Royal Northern College of Music; Soup Kitchen and St Ann's Church.
For tickets and booking information, visit manchesterjazz.com.

Lytham Live!, Lytham Hall, Ballam Road, Saturday, August 23
Head over to the seaside this August bank holiday weekend to see performances by a host of reality TV show alumni.
Collabro, the musical theatre boy band who won this year’s series of Britain's Got Talent, will be at Lytham Hall as part of the brand new Lytham Live! eve nt.
They will be performing with support from Lucy Kay, the opera singing sensation who came second to the group in the ITV talent show, as well as 2011 winner Jai McDowall.
A spokesman for the event said: “We are so thrilled to launch this new concert series at the beautiful Lytham Hall featuring Collabro and it will be one of only a handful of stage appearances this year.”
The group, who have signed a record deal with Simon Cowell's label Syco Music, released their debut album on Monday.
Visit lowtherpavilion.co.uk for tickets.

Ramsbottom Festival, Ramsbottom Cricket Club, September 19 to 21
British dance and R&B legends Soul II Soul will see out the 2014 festival season with a bang on the final day of this year’s Ramsbottom Festival.
Earlier this year, organisers revealed a stellar line-up of both established and emerging performers for 2014, with headliners British Sea Power topping the bill. Other acts include Brighton folk-rockers Levellers and Irish folk songstress Cara Dillon.
Now in its fourth year, Rammy promises a chilled, laid back atmosphere and has become just as famous for its real ales and family entertainment as it has for its eclectic mix of indie, rock and folk music.
Organised by Bury’s The Met, in partnership with The Bridgewater Hall, it won Small Tourism Event of the Year at the Manchester Tourism Awards 2013.
Visit ramsbottomfestival.com.